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type: "Bill"
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title: "Assisted conception; amends statute to provide gender-neutral terminology, etc."
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description: "Amends the assisted conception statute to provide gender-neutral terminology. The bill allows an unmarried individual to be an intended parent, paralleling the ability of an unmarried individual to adopt under the adoption statutes. The bill further allows for the use of an embryo subject to the legal or contractual custody of an intended parent in a surrogacy arrangement. The bill contains technical amendments."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1979"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1979 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Domestic Relations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-07"
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last_action: "2019-03-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/843920fe-184f-4bbe-a74b-4feaa1456f51"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1979"
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source_hash: "a8664759a1fa2fc448fd9bcde0ada0ae80af5084917aba2efdb5ad98ef6830a9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1979 (2019) — Assisted conception; amends statute to provide gender-neutral terminology, etc.
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Amends the assisted conception statute to provide gender-neutral terminology. The bill allows an unmarried individual to be an intended parent, paralleling the ability of an unmarried individual to adopt under the adoption statutes. The bill further allows for the use of an embryo subject to the legal or contractual custody of an intended parent in a surrogacy arrangement. The bill contains technical amendments.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0375)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0375)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1979ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1979ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101108D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1979)
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4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106595D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1979S1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106595D-S1 — **63–36** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House — **61–36** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **11–7** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute — **28–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101108D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-29** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House (61-Y 36-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2019-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 19106595D-S1
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- **2019-02-18** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2019-02-18** Amendment by Senator Peake rejected `amendment-failure`
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- **2019-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1979S1
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- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-19** Passed by for the day
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- **2019-02-20** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106595D-S1 (63-Y 36-N)
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- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
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- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 375 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/843920fe-184f-4bbe-a74b-4feaa1456f51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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